>> Friday, February 26, 2016

‘La
Trinidad mayor: They cannot control prices anymore’

By
Jorton B. Campana

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet –
Vegetable traders are against closure of the vegetable trading post here since
they cannot control prices anymore once farmers transfer to the nearby Benguet Agri-Pinoy
Trading Center within the Strawberry Fields area.

Mayor Edna Tabanda
bared this as she clarified closure order of the La Trinidad Vegetable Trading
Post after receiving negative flak from the public.

Tabanda said farmers
were not against relocating to BAPTC and closure of the La Trinidad Vegetable
Trading Post but the association of traders were the main opponents to the
closure.

In meeting conducted
last week by representatives of BAPTC and attended by almost 200 groups of
farmers from municipalities of Benguet, they agreed to transfer to BAPTC.